Date:

Saturday, April 7, 2018, 8:00am to 7:00pm

Location:

MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

The annual Africa Innovate Conference is a unique and intimate forum that brings together leading entrepreneurs and change-agents from across the African continent. The conference attracts over 350 business leaders, entrepreneurs, influencers, students, professors, and alumni, all with strong interests in Africa.

The theme for this year is “Digitization for Inclusive Growth”. With this theme, the conference will explore digitization and its role in transforming the way we live and conduct business across Africa. Through a series of keynotes, panels, and workshops, the conference will unpack the lessons from and future of digital transformation on the continent. The conference will also include a Career & Innovation Expo for attendees to network for jobs across Africa.

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About these events

The Harvard University Center for African Studies supports and promotes Africa-related seminars, workshops, events and conferences in Cambridge, the Boston area and in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Event Requests

The Center for African Studies will consider requests to host, coordinate, sponsor or co-sponsor Africa-related events only if the event is supported by one of our faculty affiliates. Event requests should be sent to the Events and Fellows Officer by the sponsoring faculty member and must include a completed CAS Events Request form.